“Here’s the elixir,” Carton said. “No. 1, Terry Collins cannot be the manager of this team. No. 2, Sandy Alderson has done nothing as a general manager of this team. You have the wrong guy running the team … So you’ve got a general manager who’s not made the team any better.

“You’ve got a manager, frankly, who — it’s not even his fault — is shell-shocked right now, who needs a serious long vacation and is not going to be here next year anyway. That’s No. 2.”

Many Mets fans have tired of the Collins-Alderson duo, but the captain is still the beloved face of the franchise. Carton acknowledges that he loves the seven-time All-Star, but he thinks it’s time for him to go.

“And No. 3 … it’s time to trade David Wright,” Carton said. “It’s time to do something drastic and recognize that this franchise, which was so close to a championship, is now a rudderless ship … You’ve gotta blow it up. At some point you’ve gotta start and do it right!”

Now 31-40, the Mets are six games behind the first-place Nationals in the National League East. They are on pace to finish with a losing record for the sixth consecutive season.